Dates: Friday, February 11th through Sunday, February 13th
Site: Pelican Marsh Golf Club, Naples, Florida
Course Architect: Robert von Hagge (1996)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,960
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 371 Yds 10 - Par 4 395 Yds
2 - Par 5 522 Yds 11 - Par 4 420 Yds
3 - Par 4 425 Yds 12 - Par 3 186 Yds
4 - Par 3 178 Yds 13 - Par 5 533 Yds
5 - Par 4 433 Yds 14 - Par 4 411 Yds
6 - Par 5 552 Yds 15 - Par 4 438 Yds
7 - Par 4 405 Yds 16 - Par 5 502 Yds
8 - Par 3 171 Yds 17 - Par 3 159 Yds
9 - Par 4 421 Yds 18 - Par 4 438 Yds
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36 3,478 Yds 36 3,482 Yds
Annual: 13th
Defending Champion: Allen Doyle
Runner-up: Vicente Fernandez
Tournament Record: 197 (Jimmy Powell, 1992)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Al Geiberger, 1996)
18-Hole Record: 63 (Mike Hill, 1994; Al Geiberger, 1996)
Total Purse: $1,200,000
Shares: 1st Place - $180,000; 2nd Place - 105,600; 3rd Place - 86,400
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Allen Doyle 203 Bruce Summerhays 209
Vicente Fernandez 208 Isao Aoki 210
George Archer 209 Jose Maria Canizares 210
Graham Marsh 209 Walter Hall 210
Larry Nelson 209 John Mahaffey 210
Past ACE Group Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Allen Doyle (203) -- Vicente Fernandez
1998 -- Gil Morgan (210) -- Dale Douglass, Ray Floyd
1997 -- Hale Irwin (201) -- Bob Murphy
1996 -- Al Geiberger (202) -- Isao Aoki
1995 -- #Bob Murphy (137) -- Ray Floyd
1994 -- Mike Hill (201) -- Tom Wargo
1993 -- Mike Hill (202) -- Dave Stockton
1992 -- Jimmy Powell (197) -- Lee Trevino
1991 -- Lee Trevino (205) -- Dale Douglass
1990 -- Lee Trevino (200) -- Bruce Crampton
1989 -- Gene Littler (209) -- Harold Henning
1988 -- Gary Player (207) -- Dave Hill
# - rain shortened
Note: Previously called Aetna Challenge (1988-92), Better Homes and
Gardens Challenge (1993), Intellinet Challenge (1994-95), Greater
Naples Intellinet Challenge (1996), LG Championship (1997-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Allen Doyle - Defending Champion, 16th on money list, no top-10's
George Archer - Won season-opening MasterCard Championship
Hugh Baiocchi - Tied for 5th last week, 10th on money list
Jim Dent - Finished 3rd last week with plus-15 in Stableford scoring
Vicente Fernandez - Only Senior Tour player with two top-10's this year
Bruce Fleisher - Defended his title last week at Royal Caribbean with win
Ray Floyd - 17th on money list, tied for 34th last week
Larry Nelson - Shot final round of 79 last week to tie for 42nd
Arnold Palmer - Wouldn't it be great to see the King do well
Gary Player - Won Senior Skins game, a win here is a possibility
Lee Trevino - Two-time winner of this event, runner-up in 1992
Lanny Wadkins - Making his Senior Tour debut, has 21 PGA Tour victories
Tom Watson - 34 career PGA wins, has one Senior win to his credit
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